Hose-supporting foundation bloomer garment



Nov. 8, 1 938; 1%. F. PECK HOSE SUPPORTING FOUNDATION BLOOMER GARMENTFiled Jan. 13, 1956.

Inventor: Ruth. F P66 R.

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Patented Nov. 8, 1938 PATENT OFFICE HO SE-SUPPORTING FOUNDATION BLOOMERGARMENT Ruth Fontaine or to Winget Peck, Minneapolis, Minn, assign-Kickernick Company, Minneapolis, Minn., a corporation ApplicationJanuary 13, 1936,-

3 Claims.

My invention relates to hosesupporting foundation bloomer garments andhas for its object to provide in combination with what is known as afoundation bloomer garment, that is a close- 5 fitting bloomer garmentadapted to cover the lower part of the body from the waist down, aseries of hose supporters directly attached to the inside of the garmentwhere they will be entirely concealed from view.

It is a further object of my invention to provide hose supporterspreferably formed of a flat loop of supporting elastic ribbon which willlie flat along the inside of the material of the foundation bloo-mer soas to be invisible through the garment.

It is a further object o vide such back of the leg of the hosesupporters f my invention to proat the front and the bloomer whereby thestock ings will be supported front and back, which will give aparticularly smooth and effective support for the stockings and holdthem in a manner to prevent any possibility of wrinkles, and todistribute strains equally of the stocking.

through the different parts The full objects and advantages of myinvention will appear in connection with the detailed descriptionthereof, and

its various novel features are particularly pointed out in the claims.In the drawing, illustrating an application of my invention in one form-Fig. 1 is a front view foundation bloomer tion formed therewith.

front view of a portion of a figure wearing a garment having my inven-Fig. 2 is an enlarged of said garment showing the relative positions offront and rear hose supporters, these elements being shown in part indotted lines and in p garment being broken away.

the foundation garment a portion of the leg of with a part broken awayattachment of one form Fig. 4 is a side section art by portions of theFig. 3 is a view of showing the manner of of the hose supporter. f a legof the bloomer garment showing the position of front and rear hosesupporting attachments similar to that shown in Fig. 3.

The foundation garment I0 is a close-fitting bloomer garment preferablymade of somewhat heavy and elastic material which closely fits the formof the wearer.

It is provided with legs H which may be made longer or shorter as:wearing requirements dictate.

Upon the insides of the legs H, as clearly shown in the differentfigures,

the hose supporters secured to the inside of the foundation garment II2, of standard make, are the upper leg portion of 0. As shown in Figs.1,

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3 and 4, this securing is effected in the following manner: A loop H ofelastic ribbon is carried through the elongated slot M of flat retainingeye l5 of the hose supporter l2. This ribbon is doubled upon itself andcarried angularly so that 5 the ends diverge upwardly. And again it isdoubled upon itself as indicated at IS in Fig. 3, where it is sewed flatto the inside of leg II. In this manner an adjustable yielding supportfor the hose supporter I2 is provided, which may adjust itself laterallyto support more perfectly all pulls or strains from the stocking.

Another form effecting the support for the hose supporter is illustratedin Fig. 2, wherein an elastic ribbon ll of materially greater length issewed at I8 and I9, respectively, to the side portions of legs H. Theribbon passes freely through the slot M in eye l5 of the hose supporterl2 as indicated in dotted lines at 26, Fig. 2. This gives a greaterdegree of lateral adjustability than in the form shown in detail in Fig.3, and also will lie flat on the inside of the leg of the foundationgarment and be concealed thereby.

As shown in Fig. 2, the back hose supporter 15 may be secured by astraight loop of elastic ribbon, the portions lying one over the otherand sewed together and to the inside of the leg H, as indicated at 2| inFig. 2.

The advantages of this construction are clearly indicated in theforegoing description. It eliminates entirely any separate hosesupporter. It does away with the customary method of attaching hosesupporters to the outside of foundation garments where theyswill bevisible through the more delicate type of outer wearing apparel. Thehose supporters are not only invisible because beneath the fabric of thelegs of the foundation garment, but are supported in such a manner as toeffectively distribute the supporting strains 40 .from the top of thestocking so that the stocking will be drawn smooth and held uniformlyupon the lower portion of the leg with no tendency to undue strain inany particular region, and, consequently, with no tendency to produceruns or other injuries in delicate stockings.

I claim:

1. A foundation bloomer garment embodying legs, and having a flatelastic ribbon sewed at its ends to the insides of the legs of thegarment so as to lie fiat under the material of the garment and beconcealed thereby, and forming a flat loop of said ribbon, and. ahose-supporting element formed with an elongated eye through which saidflat loop extends, said hose-supporting element being freely slidablealong the fiat loop of said ribbon.

2. A foundation bloomer garment embodying legs, and having a fiatelastic ribbon having its ends separated and sewed as so separated tothe insides of the legs of the garment so as to lie flat under thematerial of the garment and be concealed thereby and forming a flat loopof said ribbon with portions diverging from the center thereof, and ahose-supporting element formed with an elongated eye through which saidflat loop extends, said hose-supporting element. being freely slidablealong the flat loop of said ribbon.

3. A foundation bloomer garment embodying legs, and having a fiatelastic ribbon sewed at its ends to the front and back of the insides ofthe legs of the garments so as to lie flat under the material of thegarment and be concealed thereby, and being of such length as to form afiat loop of said ribbon having the portions thereof from said sewedends hanging in a broad angle with a flat loop at the center, and ahose-supporting element formed with an elongated eye through which saidflat loop extends, said hose-supporting element being freely slidablealong the flat loop of said ribbon.

RUTH FONTAINE PECK.

